Patents by Inventor Ian C. Baron

Ian C. Baron has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Distributed intelligence actuator controller with peer-to-peer actuator communication
    Patent number: 5771174
    Abstract: A distributed intelligence control system for controlling a cross direction profile characteristic of a traveling sheet, such as paper, during production, includes a scanner for measuring a property of the sheet at a plurality of cross direction locations and producing output signals indicative of the cross direction profile characteristic. A host controller system coupled to receive the output signals from the scanner produces signals representing desired profile information, based on the output signals from the scanner. The system further includes a plurality of actuators, each actuator being operatively associated with a corresponding intelligent actuator controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Measurex Corporation
    Inventors: Robert E. Spinner, Ian C. Baron, Keith T. McCormick, J. Todd Sankey